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AUTUMN IS MOVING US NOW

Caribou in Autumn - Animal - Wildlife - Alaska, by blmiers2.

by blmiers2. Caribou in Autumn - Animal - Wildlife - Alaska.

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”

― Lauren DeStefano, Wither

“It was a beautiful bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.”

― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Ah, yes, autumn, when the trees blush at the thought of stripping naked in public.”

– Robert Brault

“He couldn't stop smelling the air in great, deep, loud sniffs. It was so delicious. It smelled of water, and mud, and maple trees, and autumn.”

― Elizabeth Enright, The Four-Story Mistake

“Let the summer pass quickly and let the winter come slowly so we may have longer autumn, The Golden Kingdom!”

― Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

― Jim Bishop

“Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.”

– William Cullen Bryant

“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”

― Samuel Butler

“Autumn’s the mellow time.”

– William Allingham

“And all the leaves on the trees are falling

To the sound of the breezes that blow

And I’m trying to please to the calling

Of your heartstrings that play soft and low…”

– Van Morrison

Enter your own images and ideas about Beautiful Autumn Treasures in this week’s creative Photo Competition. Open for entries now until 11:59 p.m. PT on 11.09.14. If you are reading this after that date, check out the current BN Creative Competition, and enter!